30 yo female with sudden onset of new symptoms and new pos hla-b27 and sed rate at 23

[abryson]

I am a 30 yr old female. I weigh 122 last time at the Dr office ( last week). I had lost 10 lbs in a week by the way. I went back so soon to see her due to sudden onset of my heart skipping and my hr shooting up when I stand. My mother is a paramedic and said it sounds like pvcs. I was taking adderall 20 mg and she took me off and put me on Nuvigil. She only put me on another stimulant due to sudden drowsiness. So bad I didnt have the energy to do anything except go to the bathroom and eat a little. I was also taking Tramadol for my back. I have a 6mm disc herniation in S1. Also started having pain between my shoulder blades for about 5 mo that feels like it needs to pop but wont no matter what I do. Also have severe neck pain. Anyway, The pvcs went away some but yeasterday they started full swing again. even when resting. My bp is normal. Avg at 125/76. Today everything the same but my hr has been at 102 and 103 all day. Even at resting. I am not really having any stress so i dont understand. EKG was normal as of 4-21-10. I also previously had thyroid cancer that was removed and I take 100 mcg levothyroxine. My question is.. What could be going on with me heart? I do have some gastro problems that affect my heart when I have a bm. I have so many health issues at the moment anyway that I dont want to add another one. Oh My Dr also just informed me that my auto immune panel came back with pos for HLA-B27 and sed rate was 23. Rheumatoid factor was neg and c protien was normal and ana was normal. I do smoke but am working on quiting. I have been having problems with my hands now for a week. Lots of pain in my joints and dropping things at times. as well as my fingers locking up. Any insight on my heart would be great as well as the pos hla-b27 and sed rate at 23.

Thank you so much..
Amber

[Garth L Nicolson, PhD]

This condition is of interest to me because of a collaboration a few years back with an orthopedic surgeon who specialized in back pain.  Most of his patients also had additional signs/symptoms, such as severe fatigue, headaches, heart problems, short-term memory loss, arthritis symptoms, night sweats, etc.  Almost all of the back pain patients with heart problems had either systemic Chlamydia pneumoniae or Mycoplasma species infections or both.

His specialty procedure was to remove protruding spinal cord tissue to relieve back pain.  Ultimately, however, the pain came back.  When we examined some small pieces of tissue from buldging spinal cord by PCR, the tissue contained the infections above, especially C. pneumoniae.  Adjuvant treatment of his patients for the chronic infections resulted in complete recovery and resolution of heart problems as well.

I thought that this information might interest you.

Prof. Garth Nicolson

[GLINAC]

I was told I had this gene when I was 28yo, now im 35, but did not have AS, Im in constant pain, with bad weather the pain returns with a vengence. I try to keep active as much as possible, but its a case of 1 step forward 2 back. We people with back pain need to perservere and keep mobile. Quit smoking cold turkey. increase your fibre and try to eat heaps of fruit and vegetables that dont block u up. good luck.